Genesee & Wyoming announced traffic results for the month and fourth quarter ended December 2016. December traffic was 270,543 carloads, an increase of 56,233 carloads, or 26.2%, compared with a year earlier. G&W's same-railroad traffic in December 2016 was 232,144 carloads, an increase of 17,834 carloads, or 8.3%, compared with December 2015. The company said total fourth quarter traffic was 766,550 carloads, an increase of 56,417 carloads, or 7.9%, compared with fourth quarter 2015. G&W's same-railroad traffic in fourth quarter was 724,958 carloads, an increase of 14,825 carloads, or 2.1%, compared with fourth quarter 2015.